[PATCH v4 4/4] efi: add EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO for debug

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Sat Jun 7 11:32:59 CEST 2025


On 5/29/25 06:05, Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) wrote:
> From: "Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)" <paul.liu at linaro.org>
> 
> This commit adds the functionality of generate EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO
> while loading the image.
> 
> This feature is described in UEFI Spec 2.10. Section 18.4.3.
> The implementation ensures support for hardware-assisted debugging and
> provides a standardized mechanism for debuggers to discover the load
> address of an EFI application.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) <paul.liu at linaro.org>
> Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> Cc: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
> Cc: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
> Cc: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
> V2: use Kconfig options to turn on/off this feature.
> V3: Use efi_realloc to realloc the tables. Move tables to boot time.
> V4: Use new efi_realloc().
> ---
>   include/efi_api.h             |   2 +
>   include/efi_loader.h          |   5 ++
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c | 137 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 144 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/efi_api.h b/include/efi_api.h
> index 8da0a350ce3..77a05f752e5 100644
> --- a/include/efi_api.h
> +++ b/include/efi_api.h
> @@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ struct efi_loaded_image {
>   #define EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS 0x01
>   #define EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TABLE_MODIFIED     0x02
>   
> +#define EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TYPE_NORMAL  0x01
> +
>   /**
>    * struct efi_debug_image_info_normal - Store Debug Information for normal
>    * image.
> diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
> index 13ca2ec9a4e..22440b842e3 100644
> --- a/include/efi_loader.h
> +++ b/include/efi_loader.h
> @@ -650,6 +650,11 @@ efi_status_t efi_root_node_register(void);
>   efi_status_t efi_initialize_system_table(void);
>   /* Called by bootefi to initialize debug */
>   efi_status_t efi_initialize_system_table_pointer(void);
> +/* Called by efi_load_image for register debug info */
> +efi_status_t efi_core_new_debug_image_info_entry(u32 image_info_type,
> +						 struct efi_loaded_image *loaded_image,
> +						 efi_handle_t image_handle);
> +void efi_core_remove_debug_image_info_entry(efi_handle_t image_handle);
>   /* efi_runtime_detach() - detach unimplemented runtime functions */
>   void efi_runtime_detach(void);
>   /* efi_convert_pointer() - convert pointer to virtual address */
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
> index 16e921781e9..ebd2dab6e41 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
> @@ -2129,6 +2129,14 @@ efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_load_image(bool boot_policy,
>   		*image_handle = NULL;
>   		free(info);
>   	}
> +
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_DEBUG_SUPPORT_TABLE)) {
> +		if (*image_handle) {
> +			efi_core_new_debug_image_info_entry(EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TYPE_NORMAL,
> +							    info,
> +							    *image_handle);
> +		}
> +	}
>   error:
>   	return EFI_EXIT(ret);
>   }
> @@ -3359,6 +3367,9 @@ efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_unload_image(efi_handle_t image_handle)
>   		ret = EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
>   		goto out;
>   	}
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_DEBUG_SUPPORT_TABLE)) {
> +		efi_core_remove_debug_image_info_entry(image_handle);
> +	}
>   	switch (efiobj->type) {
>   	case EFI_OBJECT_TYPE_STARTED_IMAGE:
>   		/* Call the unload function */
> @@ -4038,6 +4049,13 @@ efi_status_t efi_initialize_system_table(void)
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> +/* efi_m_max_table_entries is the maximum entries allocated for
> + * the efi_m_debug_info_table_header.efi_debug_image_info_table.
> + */
> +static u32 efi_m_max_table_entries;
> +
> +#define EFI_DEBUG_TABLE_ENTRY_SIZE  (sizeof(union efi_debug_image_info *))
> +
>   /**
>    * efi_initialize_system_table() - Initialize system table pointer
>    *
> @@ -4072,3 +4090,122 @@ efi_status_t efi_initialize_system_table_pointer(void)
>   
>   	return EFI_SUCCESS;
>   }
> +
> +/**

This is not a valid function description. See:
https://docs.kernel.org/doc-guide/kernel-doc.html#function-documentation

Please, run `make htmldocs` for testing.

Best regards

Heinrich

> + * Add a new efi_loaded_image structure to the efi_debug_image_info Table.
> + * Re-Allocates the table if it's not large enough to accomidate another
> + * entry.
> + *
> + * @param image_info_type  type of debug image information
> + * @param loaded_image     pointer to the loaded image protocol for the image
> + *                         being loaded
> + * @param image_handle     image handle for the image being loaded
> + * @return                 status code
> + **/
> +efi_status_t efi_core_new_debug_image_info_entry(u32 image_info_type,
> +						 struct efi_loaded_image *loaded_image,
> +						 efi_handle_t image_handle)
> +{
> +	union efi_debug_image_info **table;
> +	u32 index;
> +	u32 table_size;
> +	efi_status_t ret;
> +
> +	/* Set the flag indicating that we're in the process of updating
> +	 * the table.
> +	 */
> +	efi_m_debug_info_table_header.update_status |=
> +		EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS;
> +
> +	table = &efi_m_debug_info_table_header.efi_debug_image_info_table;
> +
> +	if (efi_m_debug_info_table_header.table_size >= efi_m_max_table_entries) {
> +		/* table is full, re-allocate the buffer increasing the size
> +		 * by 4 KiB.
> +		 */
> +		table_size = efi_m_max_table_entries * EFI_DEBUG_TABLE_ENTRY_SIZE;
> +
> +		ret = efi_realloc((void **)table, table_size + EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
> +
> +		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
> +			efi_m_debug_info_table_header.update_status &=
> +				~EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS;
> +			return ret;
> +		}
> +
> +		/* Enlarge the max table entries and set the first empty
> +		 * entry index to be the original max table entries.
> +		 */
> +		efi_m_max_table_entries +=
> +			EFI_PAGE_SIZE / EFI_DEBUG_TABLE_ENTRY_SIZE;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* We always put the next entry at the end of the currently consumed
> +	 * table (i.e. first free entry)
> +	 */
> +	index = efi_m_debug_info_table_header.table_size;
> +
> +	/* Allocate data for new entry. */
> +	efi_allocate_pool(EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA,
> +			  sizeof(union efi_debug_image_info),
> +			  (void **)(&(*table)[index].normal_image));
> +	if ((*table)[index].normal_image) {
> +		/* Update the entry. */
> +		(*table)[index].normal_image->image_info_type = image_info_type;
> +		(*table)[index].normal_image->loaded_image_protocol_instance =
> +			loaded_image;
> +		(*table)[index].normal_image->image_handle = image_handle;
> +
> +		/* Increase the number of EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO elements and
> +		 * set the efi_m_debug_info_table_header in modified status.
> +		 */
> +		efi_m_debug_info_table_header.table_size++;
> +		efi_m_debug_info_table_header.update_status |=
> +			EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TABLE_MODIFIED;
> +	}
> +
> +	efi_m_debug_info_table_header.update_status &=
> +		~EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS;
> +
> +	return EFI_SUCCESS;
> +}
> +
> +void efi_core_remove_debug_image_info_entry(efi_handle_t image_handle)
> +{
> +	union efi_debug_image_info *table;
> +	u32 index;
> +
> +	efi_m_debug_info_table_header.update_status |=
> +		EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS;
> +
> +	table = efi_m_debug_info_table_header.efi_debug_image_info_table;
> +
> +	for (index = 0; index < efi_m_max_table_entries; index++) {
> +		if (table[index].normal_image &&
> +		    table[index].normal_image->image_handle == image_handle) {
> +			/* Found a match. Free up the table entry.
> +			 * Move the tail of the table one slot to the front.
> +			 */
> +			efi_free_pool(table[index].normal_image);
> +
> +			memcpy(&table[index],
> +			       &table[index + 1],
> +			       (efi_m_debug_info_table_header.table_size -
> +				index - 1) * EFI_DEBUG_TABLE_ENTRY_SIZE);
> +
> +			/* Decrease the number of EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO
> +			 * elements and set the efi_m_debug_info_table_header
> +			 * in modified status.
> +			 */
> +			efi_m_debug_info_table_header.table_size--;
> +			table[efi_m_debug_info_table_header.table_size].normal_image =
> +				NULL;
> +			efi_m_debug_info_table_header.update_status |=
> +				EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TABLE_MODIFIED;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	efi_m_debug_info_table_header.update_status &=
> +		~EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS;
> +}



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